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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Brown" data-source="post: 2129448" data-attributes="member: 18">My understanding is that the Spencer chief went with the intention of being part of a violence prevention conference that would also include Jim Inhofe.Sounds reasonable to me.He had no idea that what he was going to hear about was gun control and didn&#039;t have any idea that he would be used as an example of someone who is in favor of greater gun restrictions.That appears to be his stand and the reason OACP decided to issue a statement so their position would not be misconstrued.&nbsp; I am not a member of OACP or a command staff member so I don&#039;t have any more direct access to their thought process than anyone else but as someone who has spent his life inside a political bureaucracy, I can easily see it occurring just as he says.Either way, chiefs of police don&#039;t make laws; Legislators do.&nbsp; If there&#039;s someone to be concerned about, it&#039;s your representatives and our representatives appear to be in line with us.Michael Brown</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Brown, post: 2129448, member: 18"] My understanding is that the Spencer chief went with the intention of being part of a violence prevention conference that would also include Jim Inhofe. Sounds reasonable to me. He had no idea that what he was going to hear about was gun control and didn't have any idea that he would be used as an example of someone who is in favor of greater gun restrictions. That appears to be his stand and the reason OACP decided to issue a statement so their position would not be misconstrued. I am not a member of OACP or a command staff member so I don't have any more direct access to their thought process than anyone else but as someone who has spent his life inside a political bureaucracy, I can easily see it occurring just as he says. Either way, chiefs of police don't make laws; Legislators do. If there's someone to be concerned about, it's your representatives and our representatives appear to be in line with us. Michael Brown [/QUOTE]

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